April 2015 Loudoun County High School 1 April 2015 A School of Excellence and a Community of Character Counseling News 2-5 Military Visits 6 AP Exam Schedule 7 DECA 8 PTSA 9 PTSA 14 Back Pack Buddies 10 Apprenticeship Night 11 SEAC Talking Points 12 School Notes 13 School Nurse 14 School Nurse, cont. 15 Dates of Interest APRIL 6 Student Holiday 9 Rising 9th grade visit 9 PTSA Meeting 11 Dodgeball Tournament 23-25 Jazz Festival 30 Guitar Performance MAY 4-15 AP Testing 13-14 Interims Distributed 14-16 Spring Play 21 Spring Concert 23 Prom 26 Band Concert Community Table of Loudoun and Loudoun County High School would like to give a special thanks to the following businesses and organizations for their donations and consideration: CHICK-FIL-A COSTCO GIANT GIOVANNI’S NY PIZZA HARRIS TEETER THE JUNIOR WOMAN’S CLUB OF LOUDOUN RED, HOT, AND BLUE SWEETZ BAKERY WEGMAN’S THE WOMAN’S CLUB OF LOUDOUN Dinner Is Served A Loudoun County High School student waits on diners during a recent Community Table of Loudoun event. The program offers far more than the traditional soup kitchen. It gives families a night out on the town.
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April 2015 Loudoun County High School
1
April 2015
A School of Excellence and a Community
of Character
Counseling News 2-5
Military Visits 6
AP Exam Schedule 7
DECA 8
PTSA 9
PTSA 14
Back Pack Buddies 10
Apprenticeship Night 11
SEAC Talking Points 12
School Notes 13
School Nurse 14
School Nurse, cont. 15
Dates of Interest
APRIL
6 Student Holiday
9 Rising 9th grade visit
9 PTSA Meeting
11 Dodgeball Tournament
23-25 Jazz Festival
30 Guitar Performance
MAY
4-15 AP Testing
13-14 Interims Distributed
14-16 Spring Play
21 Spring Concert
23 Prom
26 Band Concert
Community Table of Loudoun and Loudoun County High School would like to give a special thanks to the following
businesses and organizations for their donations and consideration:
CHICK-FIL-A
COSTCO
GIANT
GIOVANNI’S NY PIZZA
HARRIS TEETER
THE JUNIOR WOMAN’S CLUB OF LOUDOUN
RED, HOT, AND BLUE
SWEETZ BAKERY
WEGMAN’S
THE WOMAN’S CLUB OF LOUDOUN
Dinner Is Served A Loudoun County High School student waits on diners during a recent Community Table of Loudoun event. The program offers far more than the traditional soup kitchen. It gives families a night out on the town.
April 2015 Loudoun County High School
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March 2015
Counseling News
NCAA Clearinghouse
In order to participate in NCAA athletics in college,
students must register with the NCAA during their
senior year in high school. Students are encouraged
to register on-line at www.ncaa.org. A “Request for
Transcript” form must also be filled out and turned
into the guidance office as part of the filing process.
Students should also meet with their counselors to
review NCAA approved core courses.
Reminder The Counseling Office
requires at least 10 work
days to process your
transcript request. The
volume of requests is
very high this time of
year.
COUNSELING
DEPARTMENT Counselor Alphabet Kathie Rowley A - CR
Stephanie Schauder CU - HE
Brett Lesher HI - MI
Megan Dunn MO – SE
Joanne Nagurny SH – Z
Director of Counseling
Dan Croyle
Secretaries Career Center
Kathy Locraft Langston West
Betty Eisenmann
APRIL CALENDAR
Mar 30-Apr 3 Spring Break
APRIL LCHS and LCPS Scholarship handbook applica-
tion deadlines
Apr 6 SAT Registration Deadline for May 3 Test Date
Apr 9 Rising 9th LCHS visit
Apr 15 3rd Quarter report cards go home
Apr 18 ACT @ Broad Run May 2 SAT @ Broad Run
May 2 SAT @ Broad Run
**Remember a complete request includes: Transcript Release form/College Application Checklist for each college app.
$3.00 Fee for the official transcr ipt
Insight forms/Resume, if requesting a counselor ’s letter of recommendation
Supplemental materials (i.e. Secondary School Repor t)
All forms are available on the LCHS Counseling website and on Family Connections.
Marines 2nd Tuesday, 9:30am Sgt. Matthew Womer 540-764-0330 [email protected]
College and Military representatives are scheduled to visit LCHS. Students must sign up with Mr. West in the career center, send an email, or register through Family Connection to attend. Sessions will take place in the career center unless otherwise announced. Students may also find the college visit schedule by using Family Connection and clicking on "visit schedule" under the About College category. Contact Mr. West to register for Family Connection.
Military Representative Visits
Test Date Registration
deadline
Late Fee Required
LCPS Location
Test Location
Code
May 2, 2015 April 6, 2016 April 21, 2015 Broad Run 47-668
June 6, 2015 May 8, 2015 May 27, 2015 Park View 47-662
2015 SAT PROGRAM TEST DATES
SAT AND ACT TEST DATES
Test Date Registration
Deadline
Late Fee Required
LCPS Location
April 18, 2015 March 13, 2015 March 14 – 217, 2015 Broad Run HS
June 13, 2015 May 8, 2015 May 9 – 22, 2015 *
Register on-line: www.collegeboard.com for the SAT
*Denotes NO LCPS location Register on-line: www.actstudent.org In contrast to the SAT, which was
designed to assess students by aptitude for college-level work, the ACT is more oriented toward specific course
areas, and it measures mastery of English, reading, mathematics, and science.
employer that hires high school graduates for their residential, commercial, and telecommunications programs. They design and build “Complex power, communications, security, life safety, and automation systems” WORLDWIDE.
Did you know that 53 of 100 high school grads do something other than graduate
from college?
You can potentially earn $30k-$43k/yr out of high school
and up to $94k within 5 years of
graduating.
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SEAC REPRESENTATIVES
TALKING POINTS
March 2015
The following TALKING POINTS are highlights from the March 4th Special Education Advisory Committee meeting.
Please share this information at your next PTA/PTO meeting, on your school website, school or PTA/PTO social media,
and/or in your school newsletter.
PANEL PRESENTATION. Who’s Who? Panelists included the LCPS Director of the Office of Special Education, Mary
M. Kearney; Megan Wagner, Elementary Special Education Superviros; Colleen Johnson, ECSE Supervisor; and John
Lody, Director, Office of Diagnostic and Prevention Services. A copy of the presentation will be posted on
www.lcps.org/seac under ‘presentations.’ A copy is also attached
NEXT SEAC MEETING. The April 8, 2015, SEAC meeting will be held at the LCPS Administration Building in room
102 A/B at 7 pm. The presentation will be, ‘’Incorporating Technology For Students And The Classroom.’’ The election
of the 2015-16 SEAC officers will also be held at the April 8th meeting.
JOINT SEAC/MSAAC MEETING ON STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH. SEAC has joined with MSAAC to present a
meeting focused on student mental health on Wednesday, March 18, 2015, at 7 pm in room 100 of the LCPS Admin-
istration Building. Join the conversation. Speakers include Jennifer Marshall from This Is My Brave, Inc., providing a
community and a platform for persons living with mental illness to speak out to end the stigma associated with mental
health disorders (www.thisismybrave.org). Also speaking will be Mary Kealy, Ph.D., LCPS Assistant Superintendent of
Pupil Services, and her team providing information on support resources offered for mental illness, depression, bullying,
healthy relationships, suicide and alternative disciplinary practices. An announcement for this joint meeting is attached.
Please ask your school to post on their website and on social media.
SEAC AWARDS. Nominations for the 2015 Recognition for Excellence in Supporting Special Education Awards will
be accepted through Friday, March 27, 2015. Nominations may be submitted by mail or online and postmarked or posted
by March 27, 2015. To nominate online, visit http://lcps.org/2015SEACawards and follow the instructions. To nominate
by mail, please follow the link https://gallery.mailchimp.com/e8d4c70a6f0540a37a0cee36c/
Our school’s health clinic specialist/registered nurse is Shannon Nerantzis. She works in the
health office each day from 8:15a until 4:15p. School staff can contact the school resource nurse
at any time for advice or emergencies. Health office personnel (HCSs and nurses) are not al-
If your child has any significant medical needs, please notify the Mrs. Nerantzis even if the school has been notified in pre-vious school years. If your child has asth-ma, diabetes, seizures, life-threatening al-lergies, or other medical conditions, you and the physician will need to complete a form so the school can understand and ad-dress your child’s needs. These forms are available on the Loudoun County Public School (LCPS) website. These forms must be updated each school year.
SCHOOL-SPONSORED
AFTER-SCHOOL
ACTIVITIES AND SPORTS If your child has diabetes, an epinephrine
auto-injector, an inhaler, or other emergency medica-
tion at school, please notify the teacher/sponsor that
your child has the health concern. Also notify the
health clinic specialist/nurse 2 weeks prior to the
event. The clinic is closed after dismissal and the
HCS/RN is not in the building. Arrangements need to
be made to have medication available and to train
staff. It is strongly suggested that middle and high
school students carry their own inhaler and/or epi-
nephrine auto-injector for quick access to medication.
For students to carry an inhaler, the physician must
complete and sign the “Asthma Action Plan” giving
his/her permission for the student to carry the inhaler,
and the parent and student must sign page 3, the
“Parent/Student Agreement for Permission to Carry
for Permission to Carry an Inhaler”. For students with
an epinephrine auto-injector, the physician will need
to sign the bottom of the “Allergy Action Plan” and
the parent and student will need to sign page 2 under
“Agreement for Permission to Self-Administer and/or
Carry Epinephrine.” For students with diabetes to
carry any of their medical supplies, the diabetes form,
Part 4: “Permission to Self-Carry and Self-Administer
Diabetes Care,” will need to be signed by the physi-
cian, parent, and student.
If your child is ill because of a conta-
gious disease such as the flu,
strep throat, chickenpox, etc., it
would be helpful to note the
reason for the absence when
you call the absentee call-line.
This will help the school take measures to
know the extent of the disease and reduce
its spread.
Students who have fevers should be kept at home un-til free of fever for 24 hours. Students who do not feel well should stay home. When students come to school ill, they not only are unable to participate fully in class, but they may also infect other students with their illness. A parent or guardian must deliver any medication (prescription or non-prescription) to the school office or health office. Students may not transport any med-ication to or from school. Parents are responsible for picking up any unused medication. Medication re-maining in the health office at the end of the year will be destroyed according to state law and LCPS guide-lines.
If your child takes a prescription medication and missing a dose would have serious health consequenc-es (seizure medication, insulin, etc.), it is strongly suggested that a 24-hour supply of the medication be left in the school Health Office in case of a prolonged school day. The medication must be in an original pharmacy-labeled bottle and have a physician’s order on file in the health office. The order must give the times during the 24-hour peri-od that the medi- cation is to be administered.
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Reminder from our
CONT…..
The HCS/RN must have written instructions from the physician in order to admin-ister prescription medications. The instructions should include: student’s name; name and purpose of the medication; dosage and time of administration; possible side effects and measures to take if those occur; end date for administering the medication; parent/guardian signature giving permission to administer medication and to contact
physician, and physician’s signature. LCPS will not accept parent/guardian amendments to a physician’s order, including
any restriction of the principal’s designee (HCS/RN) from contacting the physician to clarify the medical order.
The “Authorization for Medication Administration” form should be used for physician’s orders. Copies of this form as well as other medical forms are available in the school office or at the LCPS website under Student Health Services.
ALL PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION MUST BE IN THE ORIGINAL PHARMACY BOTTLE WITH THE PROPER LABEL CONTAINING THE STUDENT’S NAME, MEDICATION, DOSAGE, AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR ADMIN-ISTRATION. UPON REQUEST, MOST PHARMACIES WILL PROVIDE AN EXTRA LABELED BOTTLE WITH
THE PROPER AMOUNT OF MEDICATION FOR SCHOOL. PLEASE DO NOT SEND MORE THAN A 60-DAY SUPPLY OF MEDICATION.
If the HCS/RN needs to adminis-
ter non-prescription medication:
it must be provided by the parent/guardian in an original package with the name of the medication and in-structions;
she must have a note from the parent regarding when and how much medi-cation to administer;
she will only give the amount listed on the package for your child’s age and weight and for the recommended length of time the student should re-ceive the medication unless she has doctor’s orders on the “Authorization for Medication Administration” form to dispense differently;
and she cannot administer medication that is not in its original container.
Be sure to keep the “Emergency Infor-mation” updated so we can reach you if your child is ill or injured. This can easily be done on-line through the Parent Infor-mation Management System (PIMS) on the LCPS website. All 3rd, 7th, and 10th grade students and students new to LCPS will be screened for vision and hearing during the first 60 days of school. Kindergarten students who did not have distance vision screening or hearing tests within two months of the beginning of school will also be screened.
The Commonwealth of Virginia requires that school divisions provide information on
scoliosis to parents of students in grades 5-10. The scoliosis flyer on the next two pag-
es is provided by the school at the begin-ning of each school year.
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NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE
PAID LEESBURG, VA PERMIT NO. 21
COUNSELING STAFF Mr. Croyle ................ Director of Counseling
COUNSELORS
Mrs. Rowley ................. A - CR
Ms. Schauder ................. CU - HE
Mr. Lesher ................. HI - MC
Mrs. Dunn ................. ME - SA
Mrs. Nagurny ................. SC - Z
Mrs. Locraft ............... Counseling Secretary
Mrs. Eisenmann ............... Secretary
Mr. West ............... Career Center
MAIN OFFICE STAFF
Ms. Harden ................. Secretary
Mrs. Cameron ................. Secretary
Mrs. Garrison ................. Secretary
Mrs. Keener ................. Attendance
Mrs. Rives ................. Bookkeeper
Mrs. Nerantzis ................. Nurse
Main Office: 571-252-2000
Fax: 571-252-2001
Attendance: 571-252-2002
Guidance Phone: 571-252-2012
Guidance Fax: 571-252-2013
ADMINISTRATION
Dr. Luttrell – Principal
Mr. Patterson ............. Assistant Principal
Mr. Brown ............. Assistant Principal
Mrs. Heanue ............ Assistant Principal
Mr. Wright ............. Athletic Director
Loudoun County High School
415 Dry Mill Road SW
Leesburg, VA 20175
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